The Important Questions - A Wedding Venue Checklist

Going to visit some potential wedding venues this weekend? This handy wedding wedding venue questions checklist outlines all the general points you need to compare venues and help you make a decision...

We've already talked about how to choose what kind of venue you want, but once you've made a shortlist, started to contact venues, and maybe even organised to go along for a visit, it's time to work out which place is 'The One'.

Which is where our handy checklist of wedding venue questions comes in (you can download it at the bottom of the page!).

Any of you who have started the big venue search will know, that while you do have lots of time with the marketing person or venue coordinator while there, typically you walk away thinking of a gazillion questions that you should have asked.

So our advice is: when you going to view a venue, bring along a list of questions and jot down the answers as you go. That way a) you'll have all the information you need and b) you'll have consistent answers to compare between venue options. This will make the entire pros and cons thing so much easier when trying to make your final decision.

To get you started we've compiled a general list of wedding venue questions that cover all the various aspects. There are two primary questions you need to find out before talking to any venue you’re interested in:

Does the venue have enough seated capacity to accommodate your guest list?

Is your date free?

Beyond those basic questions, there are a lot of big and small issues that need to be ironed out with your potential venue. This list is designed to give you a broad overview of the kinds of things you should ask in order to minimise any surprises later down the line. Some will apply to you, others may not, so you can simply skip over them when you're chatting with the venue.

Remember, when visiting multiple venues, keep a note of the answers at each, for easy comparison later on.

One last nugget of advice: if you think a particular venue might be 'The One', follow up after the visit with an email confirming all their answers; some venues say yes to everything in the initial visit and are then less flexible in reality, so having everything you've discussed in writing will help things to run smoother down the line.

Download this list of questions here
in a handy free printable you can take with you to different venues...